Power sector in Andhra Pradesh
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Power sector of Andhra Pradesh is divided into 4 categories namely Regulation, Generation, Transmission and Distribution. Andhra Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC) is the regulatory body.[1] APGENCO deals with the electricity production and also maintenance, proposes new projects and upgrades existing ones as well.[2] The APGENCO also set up a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), named as Andhra Pradesh Power Development Company Limited (APPDCL), a joint venture company of APGENCO (with 50% equity) and IL&FS (50% equity) to set up Krishnapatanam thermal power project (2x800 MW).[3]
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APTRANSCO is set up for transmission of power.[4] APGENCO, APPDCL, NTPC and other private firms contribute to the generation of power in the state of Andhra Pradesh.[5][6][7] Andhra Pradesh has become the second state in India to achieve 100% electrification of all households.[8] Weighted average cost of power generation and purchases is INR 3.45 per kWh which is highest in the country.[9] Andhra Pradesh is also leader by installing 433 nos electric vehicle charging stations (EVCS) out of 927 nos installed in the entire country as on 30 June 2020.[10]
Under the program of installing 500 GW capacity of renewable power capacity by 2030, nearly 59 GW (25%) of solar and wind power is identified out of 236.58 GW in three districts of the state.[11]
The newly formed Andhra Pradesh Green Energy Corporation Limited (APGECL), a 100% subsidiary of APGENCO, will be the trading agency/licensee for the 10 GW solar project in a phased manner and for connecting it to the grid.[12] The 10 GW solar projects would be used to meet the entire agriculture power consumption which will be met during the day time for nine hours duration daily.[13] Andhra Pradesh is also leading in installation of solar power /off grid agriculture pump sets.[14] A renewable energy export policy for Andhra Pradesh was also announced to facilitate the setting up of 120 GW solar, wind and solar-wind hybrid energy parks by using 0.5 million acres of land.[15] New & Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (NREDCAP), a state owned company, is actively involved in promoting renewable energy projects in the state.[16] Roof top solar power cost/unit in the state are falling below the domestic power tariff.[17]
The total installed utility power generation capacity is nearly 24,854 MW in the state as of 31 March 2020[18] APtransCo has made long term power purchase agreements for 19,068 MW as of 31 March 2019.[19][20] The per capita electricity consumption is 1234 units with 63,143 million KWh gross electricity supplied in the year 2018–19.[19][21] The performance of Krishnapatanam thermal power station (2X800 MW) with super critical pressure technology is not satisfactory even after one year commercial operation as the units rarely operate at rated capacity forcing the state to purchase costly power from day ahead trading in IEX.[22][23]
Short term power purchases
APDisComs purchase regularly from the energy exchange, etc. to meet the peak load and energy shortages. As the power purchases/sales are done on daily basis without proper planning and optimum utilization of APGENCO power generation capacity, APERC has given guidelines to the DisComs for implementation while making short term (less than one year duration) purchases and sales in the year 2022.[24][25]
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Thermal power
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Krishnapatnam
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Muddanur
Thamminapatnam
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Map of coal based thermal power plants in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Blue are operational and Red are proposed[26]
Thermal power plants are based on the fuel coal, gas, diesel etc. Public sector undertaking NTPC, state level power generating companies and private firms are engaged in this sector for power generation.
Currently operating coal based thermal power plants in Andhra Pradesh are listed below.[27][28]
| Name | Operator | Location | District | Sector | Capacity (MW) | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simhadri Super Thermal Power Plant | NTPC | Parawada | Visakhapatnam | Central | 2,000 | 17°35′38″N 83°5′23″E |
| Dr Narla Tatarao TPS | APGENCO | Vijayawada | Krishna | State | 2,560 | 16°35′58″N 80°32′12″E |
| Rayalaseema Thermal Power Station[29] | APGENCO | Muddanur | Kadapa | State | 1,650 | 14°42′14″N 78°27′29″E |
| Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station | APPDCL | Krishnapatnam | Nellore | Joint | 2,400 | 14°19′39″N 80°07′15″E |
| Vizag Thermal Power Station | Hinduja | Gajuwaka | Visakhapatnam | Private | 1,040 | 17°33′45″N 83°8′15″E |
| Simhapuri Thermal Power Station | SEPL | Krishnapatanam | Nellore | Private | 600 | 14°12′35″N 80°05′23″E |
| Meenakshi Thermal Power Station | MEPL | Krishnapatanam | Nellore | Private | 1,000 | 14°12′57″N 80°05′19″E |
| Sembcorp Energy India Limited | SEIL | Krishnapatanam | Nellore | Private | 1,320 | 14°19′45″N 80°08′27″E |
| SGPL Power Station | SGPL | Krishnapatanam | Nellore | Private | 1,320 | 14°21′5″N 80°08′37″E |
| TOTAL | 13,890 | |||||
Gas fuel-based
Map of currently operating combined cycle gas turbine power plants in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh
The following are the list of presently installed combined cycle gas turbine power plants and diesel engine power plants in the state. However many of these power plants are not operating due to non-availability of natural gas and high cost of liquid fuels.[30]
| Power station | Operator | Location | District | Sector | Capacity (MW) | Plant Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APGPCL Plant | APGPCL | Vijjeswaram | W. Godavari | Joint | 272 | 16°56′02″N 81°43′27″E |
| Lanco Kondapalli Power Plant | Lanco Infratech | Kondapalli | Krishna | Private | 1466 | 16°38′20″N 80°33′00″E |
| Gautami Combined Cycle Power Plant | GVK | Peddapuram | E. Godavari | Private | 464 | 17°02′21″N 82°08′43″E |
| Konaseema Combined Cycle Power Plant | Konaseema Gas Power Limited (KGPL) | Ravulapalem | E. Godavari | Private | 445 | 16°44′05″N 81°51′44″E |
| Vemagiri Combined Cycle Power Plant | GMR | Vemagiri | E. Godavari | Private | 370 | 16°55′29″N 81°48′46″E |
| GMR Rajamundry Combined Cycle Power Plant[31] | GMR | Vemagiri | E. Godavari | Private | 768 | 16°55′28″N 81°48′46″E |
| Samarlakota Combined Cycle Power Plant[32] | Reliance | Samarlakota | E. Godavari | Private | 1870 | 17°02′19″N 82°08′05″E |
| Godavari Gas Power Plant[33] | APGENCO | Jegurupadu | E. Godavari | State | 216 | 16°55′55″N 81°51′37″E |
| Jegurupadu Combined Cycle Power Plant | GVK | Jegurupadu | E. Godavari | Private | 229 | 16°55′54″N 81°51′36″E |
| Spectrum Combined Cycle Power Plant | Spectrum | Kakinada | E. Godavari | Private | 209 | 17°03′31″N 82°18′34″E |
| GMR (barge mounted) Power Plant | GMR | Kakinada | E. Godavari | Private | 237 | 17°03′32″N 82°18′33″E |
| LVS Diesel Engine Power Station | Greenko | Vishakhapatnam | Visakhapatnam | Private | 37 | 17°50′45″N 83°14′13″E |
| Panduranga CCPP | PESPL | Annadevarapeta | W. Godavari | Private | 116 | 17°07′45″N 81°36′09″E |
| RVK Energy power plant[34] | KSK Energy Ventures | Rajahmundry | E. Godavari | Private | 436 | |
| Sriba power plant | Sriba industries | Chigurukota | Krishna | Private | 30 | |
| Silkroad sugar power plant | EID Parry | Kakinada | E. Godavari | Private | 35 | |
| Srivathsa Power plant | Asian Genco | Private | 17 | |||
| Total | 7,217 | |||||
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Hydroelectric
This is the list of major hydroelectric power plants in Andhra Pradesh.[35]
| Power station name | Operator | Location | Sector | Unit wise Capacity MW | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donkarayi PH | APGENCO | E. Godavari | State | 1x25 | 25.00 |
| Hampi canal Power House (PH) | APGENCO | Joint project of AP, TS & Karnataka Located in Karnataka | State | 4 x 9 (AP Share-28.8) | 28.80 |
| Lower Sileru PH | APGENCO | E. Godavari | State | 4 x 115 | 460.00 |
| Machkund PH | APGENCO | Joint project of AP, TS & Odisha Located in Odisha | State | 3 x 17 + 3 x 23 (AP Share-84) | 84.00 |
| Nagarjuna Sagar Right Canal PH | APGENCO | Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, Guntur district | State | 3 x 30 | 90.00 |
| Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond PH | APGENCO | Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, Guntur district | State | 2 x 25 | 50.00 |
| Penna Ahobilam PH | APGENCO | Korrakodu, Anantapur district | State | 2 x 10 | 20.00 |
| Srisailam Right Bank PH | APGENCO | Srisailam, Kurnool | State | 7 x 110 | 770.00 |
| TB Dam PH | APGENCO | Joint project of AP, TS & Karnataka Located in Karnataka | State | 4 × 9 (AP Share-28.8) | 28.80 |
| Upper Sileru PH | APGENCO | Visakhapatnam | State | 4 x 60 | 240.00 |
| Somasila PH | Balaji Energy | Nellore | Private | 2 x 5, 2 x 4, 1 x 2, 1 x 3[36][37] | 23.00 |
| Chettipeta Mini Hydel[38] | APGENCO | West Godavari district | State | 2 x 0.5 | 1.00 |
| Polavaram Hydro-Electric project | APGENCO | Anguluru, East Godavari district | State | 12 x 80 Under Construction[39] | |
| Pinnapuram Pumped Storage Project (PSP) | Greenko Energy | near Nandyal, Kurnool district | Private | 4 x 240, 2 x 120 Under Construction[40][41] | |
| Veeraballi PSP | Astha Green | near Veeraballi, Kadapa district | Private | 2720 MW Under investigation[42] | |
| Upper Sileru PSP | APGENCO | near Sileru village, Visakhapatnam | State | 9 x 150 MW Under hold due to very high cost[43] | |
| Chitravati PSP | APGENCO | near Peddakotla village, Anantapuramu district | State | 2 x 250 MW[44] Under investigation[45] | |
| Singanamala PSP | NREDCAP | Anantapuramu district | State | 800 MW Under investigation[46] | |
| Overall capacity in (MW)[20] | 1820.60 | ||||
Pumped storage hydroelectricity projects
Pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES) projects with high water head are the cheap means of converting intermittent renewable power generation sources like solar PV or wind power in to base load supply for round the clock needs throughout the year.[47][48] AP state is endowed with vast PHES potential adequate to utilise its vast solar PV power generation potential (above 1,000,000 MW installed on 16,000 km2 marginal lands) to meet ultimate green energy requirements of its peak population (60 million).[49] AP is considering on a major scale to install PHES projects to make available the surplus wind / solar power during the peak load hours.[50][51] PHESs also generate income, in addition to hydroelectricity cess/royalty, to the state in the form of water use charges at commercial rates for the evaporation loss or consumptive water from the reservoirs. The area occupied by the high head PHES is less than the area occupied by the equivalent battery energy storage system (BESS) housed in a three storied building. High head PHES installation cost (< US$40 per KWh in a day) is less than the cost of land and buildings required to house the equivalent BESS.[52][53] PHES are more suitable in India where energy and water storage needs are complementary.[53][54] Unlike the static BESS, the rotating turbo-generator of a PHES will enhance dynamic inertia (GD2) of the grid which contributes to a stable grid to ride through the power disturbances when power generation in the grid is dominated by the static solar PV power.[55] Variable speed PHES plants also deliver the power grid ancillary services.[56] In high head PHES, unlined pressure tunnels/shafts are constructed to the extent feasible for reducing construction cost.[57]
The water reservoir of a PHES is created by building embankment dams wherever required up to the required height and length. The rock required for building the dams is excavated from the reservoir area. Cheaper drilling and blasting method is extensively used deploying state of the art earth moving equipment because huge quantity of rock excavation is required for the construction of the rock-fill dams.[58][59]
Polavaram right bank PHES: A 103,000 MW PHES project is under investigation with an upper reservoir, located near Parantapalle hamlet in West Godavari district, with 90 tmcft live storage at 700 m msl full reservoir level (FRL). The turkey-nest type upper reservoir is 18 km long from north to south and 1.1 km wide and its water surface area is 16 km2 with 200 m water depth and nearly 90 tmcft live storage.[60] The adjacent Polavaram reservoir at FRL 45 m msl with 194 tmcft gross storage is the lower reservoir as perennial water source. The average water head available is 600 m with a provision to draw 33 tmcft/day from the Polavaram reservoir by the PHES units located in semi open or underground power houses. To run the PHES on daily basis, the lower reservoir is to be kept empty by 33 tmcft below its FRL for holding the water released by PHES in generation mode. Another 33 tmcft is used to compensate the loss of storage capacity in the lower reservoir. This buffer storage is released in to lower reservoir for irrigation, etc. needs once in a year at the end of monsoon year and it is replenished at the earliest from the flood water inflows into the lower reservoir. Also seepage and evaporation losses from the upper reservoir are met from the buffer storage sourced from flood waters and not drawn from the lower reservoir storage. The excess buffer storage maintained in this upper reservoir can also serve up to 24 tmcft for other PHESs in the state which are using Godavari basin water and have no buffer storage of their own (ex: Jalaput PHES). The upper reservoir can be further expanded by 3.5 km length on its south side to enhance the live / buffer storage substantially. The PHES project can produce 412 billion KWh at 4000 hours/year or 12 hours/day operation in generation mode by consuming the surplus power generated from the solar and wind power plants during the day time. This PHES can also moderate the severe floods by utilizing empty volume kept in the lower reservoir or operating in pump mode (maximum 7.63 lakh cusecs) to fill the upper reservoir. In case of emergency / repairs, the entire water storage in the upper reservoir can be emptied safely into the lower reservoir / river within 24 hours by running the PHES in generation mode.
Srisailam right bank PHES: A 77,000 MW PHES project is feasible with an upper reservoir, located on the right bank side within 1000 m distance of Srisailam reservoir, with 87 tmcft live storage at 650 m msl FRL. The reservoir bunds are constructed on 500 m msl contour line by 155 m high and the water surface area of the upper reservoir is nearly 20 km2. The adjacent Srisailam reservoir at FRL 270 m msl with 185 tmcft live storage is the lower reservoir with perennial water source. The average water head available is 340 m with provision to draw water from the Srisailam reservoir by the PHES units located in semi open or underground power houses. The PHES project can produce 308 billion KWh at 4000 hours/year or 12 hours/day operation in generation mode. Only 43.5 tmcft (50%) reservoir storage is used for power generation on daily basis and the remaining half kept as buffer storage to compensate the loss of storage in downstream reservoir due to PHES by releasing water once in a year in to the Srisailam reservoir to meet irrigation water requirements. The buffer storage is replenished later at the earliest during the monsoon/floods. This PHES can also moderate the severe floods by utilizing empty volume kept in the lower reservoir or operating in pump mode (maximum 10 lakh cusecs) to fill the upper reservoir.
Feasible PHES projects
| PHES name/ lower reservoir[61] |
Power potential (MW) |
Power generation (Billion KWh/yr) |
Upper reservoir | Average water head (meters) |
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| Location | Coordinate | River basin | Water area (km2) | Live storage (tmcft) | FRL (m msl) | MDDL (m msl) | |||||
| Polavaram right bank PHES | 103,000 | 412 | West Godavari district | 17°27′33″N 81°29′43″E | Godavari | 16 | 90 | 700 | 500 | 600 | 57 tmcft buffer storage available. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 1.7 km. |
| Srisailam right bank PHES | 77,000 | 308 | Kurnool district | 16°02′33″N 78°30′51″E | Krishna | 20 | 87 | 650 | 500 | 340 | 43.5 tmcft buffer storage included. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 1.1 km. |
| Gandikota PHES1 | 28,000 | 112 | Kadapa district | 14°49′47″N 78°13′41″E | Penna | 21 | 52 | 435 | 335 | 210 | Buffer storage 26 tmcft provided. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 2.1 km. |
| Gandikota PHES2[62] | 600 | 1.12 | Kadapa district | 14°46′29″N 78°17′7″E | Penna | 1 | 0.16 | 515 | 505 | 303 | It is a peaking PHES with six hours daily operation in generation mode. No buffer storage is provided. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 2.8 km. |
| Paidipalem PHES1 | 1,850 | 7.4 | Kadapa district | 14°43′47″N 78°11′9″E | Penna | 1 | 2.5 | 600 | 510 | 285 | Buffer storage 1.25 tmcft provided. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 3.1 km. |
| Paidipalem PHES2 | 2,750 | 11 | Kadapa district | 14°41′21″N 78°13′25″E | Penna | 1.5 | 3.7 | 600 | 500 | 285 | Buffer storage 1.85 tmcft provided. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 2.9 km. |
| Buggavanka PHES | 600 | 2.4 | Kadapa district | 14°24′5″N 78°52′15″E | Penna | 0.8 | 0.9 | 470 | 410 | 260 | Buffer storage 0.45 tmcft provided. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 3.5 km. |
| Annamayya PHES[63] | 1150 | 4.6 | Kadapa district | 14°12′25″N 78°57′51″E | Penna | 1.1 | 1.6 | 555 | 455 | 285 | Buffer storage 0.8 tmcft provided. Distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 6 km. |
| Mylavaram PHES | 14,000 | 56 | Kadapa district | 14°48′1″N 78°16′35″E | Penna | 9 | 20 | 500 | 375 | 275 | Buffer storage 10 tmcft provided. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 3.7 km. |
| Brahmamsagar PHES | 13,000 | 52 | Kadapa district | 14°46′27″N 78°52′3″E | Penna | 9.5 | 38 | 400 | 250 | 130 | Buffer storage 19 tmcft provided. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 1.5 km. |
| Telugu Ganga subsidiary reservoirs PHES | 2,600 | 10.4 | Kurnool district | 14°51′25″N 78°43′51″E | Penna | 4 | 8 | 400 | 250 | 120 | Buffer storage 4 tmcft provided. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 1.5 km. |
| Owk PHES1 | 4,700 | 18.8 | Kurnool district | 15°14′51″N 78°2′49″E | Penna | 100 | 210 | 500 | 350 | 220 | Works on a seasonal basis to store 201.7 tmcft Krishna and Godavari waters as well as PHES on daily basis. The stored water is also used as carryover storage to meet water shortages in drought years. Buffer storage 4.15 tmcft included. This upper reservoir will supply irrigation water to the Handri catchment area in the Kurnool district and the left bank side of the Penna river in the Ananthapur district including water supply augmentation to the Handri-Neeva project. This upper reservoir is so planned by its area location to cut across the local Erramala hill range from east to west to supply irrigation water mostly by gravity. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 5.7 km. |
| Owk PHES2 [64] | 800 | 1.65 | Kurnool district | 15°9′37″N 78°4′5″E | Penna | 0.6 | 0.4 | 400 | 380 | 165 | Peaking PHES for 6 hours daily operation. No Buffer storage is provided. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 1.5 km. |
| Gorakallu PHES | 12,500 | 50 | Kurnool district | 15°35′33″N 78°22′17″E | Penna | 37 | 100 | 450 | 300 | 170 | Works on a seasonal basis to store 71.4 tmcft Krishna and Godavari waters and otherwise as PHES on daily basis. The stored water is also used as carryover storage to meet water shortages in drought years. Buffer storage 14.28 tmcft included. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 2.3 km. |
| Velugodu PHES | 7,800 | 31 | Kurnool district | 15°42′21″N 78°39′25″E | Penna | 40 | 100 | 420 | 270 | 100 | Works on a seasonal basis to store 70 tmcft Krishna and Godavari waters and otherwise as PHES on daily basis. The stored water is also used as carryover storage to meet water shortages in drought years. Buffer storage 15 tmcft included. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 3.1 km. |
| Mid Pennar PHES | 2,600 | 10.4 | Anantapur district | 14°52′47″N 77°23′27″E | Penna | 3.75 | 10 | 525 | 375 | 100 | Buffer storage 5 tmcft included. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 0.7 km. |
| Chitravati PHES[65] | 500 | 0.95 | Anantapur district | 14°34′27″N 77°56′3″E | Penna | 0.5 | 0.21 | 475 | 455 | 176 | Peaking load PHES. No buffer storage is included. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 0.81 km. |
| Somasila PHES[66] | 1,200 | 2.3 | Nellore district | 14°30′57″N 79°16′25″E | Penna | 1 | 0.18 | 624 | 600 | 511 | Peaking load PHES. No buffer storage is included. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 2.9 km. |
| Kalyani PHES | 3,700 | 14.8 | Chittoor district | 13°43′9″N 79°18′47″E | Swarnamukhi | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1100 | 1000 | 790 | Buffer storage 0.9 tmcft included. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 7.5 km. The upper reservoir of the PHES can also supply water to Tirumala in case of water shortages. |
| Yeleru PHES | 5,500 | 22 | East Godavari district | 17°20′1″N 82°9′23″E | Yeleru | 2.00 | 5.3 | 500 | 350 | 400 | Buffer storage 2.65 tmcft included. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 5.5 km. |
| Tandava PHES | 9,200 | 36.8 | Visakhapatnam district | 17°43′35″N 82°27′47″E | Tandava | 1.50 | 4 | 1050 | 850 | 875 | Buffer storage 2 tmcft included. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 7.5 km. |
| Raiwada PHES | 2,350 | 9.4 | Visakhapatnam district | 18°3′17″N 82°54′55″E | Sarada | 0.50 | 2 | 635 | 485 | 450 | Buffer storage 1 tmcft included. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 4.85 km. |
| Pedderu PHES | 1,425 | 5.5 | Visakhapatnam district | 17°52′37″N 82°40′9″E | Sarada | 0.25 | 0.7 | 950 | 850 | 780 | Buffer storage 0.35 tmcft included. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 3.1 km. Water to rock ratio at least 2. |
| Konam PHES | 2,200 | 8.8 | Visakhapatnam district | 17°55′47″N 82°40′19″E | Sarada | 1.2 | 1.7 | 725 | 625 | 495 | Buffer storage 0.85 tmcft included. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 5.8 km. |
| NTR PHES | 650 | 2.6 | Visakhapatnam district | 17°57′35″N 82°46′35″E | Sarada | 0.2 | 0.4 | 775 | 700 | 640 | Buffer storage 0.2 tmcft included. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 2.6 km. |
| Varaha PHES | 1,300 | 4.2 | Visakhapatnam district | 17°49′25″N 82°42′5″E | Varaha | 0.52 | 0.75 | 820 | 750 | 660 | Buffer storage 0.37 tmcft included. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 3.6 km. Water to rock ratio at least 2. |
| Tatipudi PHES | 9,000 | 36 | Vizianagaram district | 18°15′25″N 83°8′41″E | Gosthani | 2 | 6.5 | 700 | 500 | 535 | Buffer storage 3.25 tmcft included. Distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 7.5 km. |
| Andra PHES | 2,500 | 10 | Vizianagaram district | 18°22′7″N 83°9′55″E | Champavati | 0.7 | 1.8 | 800 | 710 | 520 | Buffer storage 0.9 tmcft included. Distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 4.3 km. |
| Peddagadda PHES | 3,100 | 12.4 | Vizianagaram district | 18°23′41″N 83°4′41″E | Nagavali | 1.8 | 2 | 790 | 650 | 600 | Buffer storage 1 tmcft included. Distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 7 km. |
| Vengalaraya Sagar PHES | 2,250 | 9 | Vizianagaram district | 18°37′7″N 83°14′55″E | Nagavali | 0.5 | 2 | 660 | 510 | 430 | Buffer storage 1 tmcft included. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 2.65 km. Water to rock ratio at least 2. |
| Vattigedda PHES | 1,250 | 5 | Vizianagaram district | 18°49′41″N 83°37′23″E | Nagavali | 0.9 | 1.8 | 440 | 290 | 255 | Buffer storage 0.9 tmcft included. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 2.85 km. Water to rock ratio at least 2. |
| Nagavali PHES | 250 | 1 | Vizianagaram district | 18°36′57″N 83°50′1″E | Nagavali | 4 | 10 | 300 | 140 | 200 | Pumps water @ 5500 cusecs on a seasonal basis to store 9.75 tmcft Nagavali river flood waters. The stored water during monsoon months is released back in later months during the night time for irrigation needs. Rest of the year, PHES works on a daily basis to generate power during nighttime. The stored water is also used as carryover storage to meet water shortages in drought years. A new barrage with 0.25 tmcft live storage will be constructed near 18°32′57″N 83°48′5″E across the Nagavali river to divert water to the tunnel of the PHES. Buffer storage 0.25 tmcft included. The distance between the upper reservoir and the river is nearly 8.25 km. |
| Jhanjavati PHES | 2,350 | 9.4 | Vizianagaram district | 18°53′7″N 83°23′51″E | Nagavali | 0.5 | 1.5 | 530 | 330 | 300 | No buffer storage required as the lower reservoir is not used presently. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 2.37 km. Water to rock ratio at least 2. The unused reservoir area on the right of the Jhanjavati river is isolated from the river by constructing a 2.2 km long earth bund up to 150 m msl to create 1.5 tmcft water storage for using as a lower reservoir. |
| Hiramandalam PHES[67] | 2,500 | 10 | Srikakulam district | 18°41′19″N 83°52′57″E | Vamsadhara | 3 | 7 | 240 | 90 | 135 | 3.5 tmcft buffer storage included. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 4.5 km. |
| Gotta barrage PHES[68] | 750 + 10,000 = 10,750 | 1.5 | Srikakulam district | 18°41′39″N 84°1′15″E | Vamsadhara | 40 | 80 | 220 | 70 | 135 | The main purpose of this PHES is to store up to 79 tmcft flood waters which are going waste to the sea every year. The stored water is also used as carryover storage to meet water shortages in drought years. The PHES pumps flood water @ 23,000 cusecs from the Vamsdhara river during the monsoon months and works as PHES the rest of the year. Buffer storage 0.5 tmcft included. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 1.0 km.
The upper reservoir of this PHES can also be connected to the Hiramandalam reservoir at 18°40′5″N 83°56′37″E (20 tmcft storage) by 1.2 km long tail race tunnels across the Vamsadhara River to use 16.5 tmcft per day by installing a 10,000 MW PHES to generate power for nine months duration in a year when the reservoir is empty by 16.5 tmcft or more. |
| Kumbum PHES | 2,200 | 8.8 | Prakasam district | 15°37′35″N 79°5′1″E | Gundlakamma | 5.5 | 5.8 | 380 | 255 | 140 | Buffer storage 2.9 tmcft included. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 2.3 km. |
| Nallamala Sagar PHES1 | 26,500 | 106 | Prakasam district | 15°40′37″N 79°5′5″E | Gundlakamma | 77 | 84.5 | 380 | 240 | 120 | Buffer storage 42.25 tmcft included. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 2 km. |
| Nallamala Sagar PHES2 | 900 | 3.6 | Prakasam district | 15°39′25″N 79°4′23″E | Gundlakamma | 1.5 | 2.5 | 380 | 230 | 130 | Buffer storage 1.25 tmcft included. Distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 1.75 km. |
| Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Right Bank PHES | 1,500 | 1.5 | Kurnool district | 16°5′39″N 78°54′51″E | Krishna | - | - | 270 | 245 | 90 | Mainly works to pump water from existing Nagarjunasagar reservoir into existing Srisailam reservoir on a seasonal basis to store Krishna and Godavari waters and otherwise as PHES on daily basis. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 3.1 km. |
| Nagarjuna Sagar Right Bank PHES1 | 37,000 | 148 | Prakasam district | 16°5′51″N 78°55′51″E | Krishna | 8 | 34 | 650 | 500 | 425 | Buffer storage 17 tmcft provided. The minimum level to be maintained in Nagarjunasagar reservoir is 164 m msl. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 1.1 km. |
| Nagarjuna Sagar Right Bank PHES2 | 112,000 | 448 | Prakasam district | 16°7′45″N 78°56′19″E | Krishna | 21 | 101 | 650 | 500 | 425 | Buffer storage 50.5 tmcft provided. The minimum level to be maintained in Nagarjunasagar reservoir is 164 m msl. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 1.5 km. |
| Nagarjuna Sagar Right Bank PHES3 | 66,000 | 264 | Prakasam district | 16°10′7″N 78°55′35″E | Krishna | 11 | 59 | 650 | 500 | 428 | Buffer storage 29.5 tmcft provided. The minimum level to be maintained in Nagarjunasagar reservoir is 164 m msl and the corresponding loss of live storage located below this level in Nagarjunasagar reservoir can be included in the buffer storage of PHESs. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 2.9 km. |
| Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond PHES | 1,500 | 1.0 | Guntur district | 16°34′39″N 79°20′25″E | Krishna | - | - | 180 | 164 | 105 | Mainly works to pump water from existing Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond into existing Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir on a seasonal basis to store Krishna and Godavari waters and otherwise as PHES on daily basis. |
| Pulichintala Right Bank PHES | 300 | 0.2 | Guntur district | 16°37′49″N 79°31′11″E | Krishna | - | 2 | 75 | 72 | 25 | Mainly works to pump water from existing Pulichintala reservoir into existing Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond on a seasonal basis to store Krishna and Godavari waters and otherwise as PHES on daily basis. |
| Vykuntapuram PHES | 400 | 0.2 | Guntur district | 16°46′43″N 80°3′55″E | Krishna | - | - | 55 | 50 | 25 | Mainly works to pump water from backwaters of new Vykuntapuram barrage across Krishna river upstream of Prakasam Barrage to existing Pulichintala reservoir on a seasonal basis to store Krishna and Godavari waters and otherwise as PHES on daily basis. |
| Jalaput PHES | 65,000 | 260 | Visakhapatnam district | 18°26′53″N 82°28′11″E | Sileru | - | 31.5 | 838.4 | 818.6 | 380 | The PHES is constructed by connecting existing Jalaput reservoir with existing Balimela Reservoir (MDDL at 439 m msl, FRL at 462 m msl and live storage 95 tmcft) by a 13 km long unlined pressure tunnel/penstock with underground power station.[57] |
| Donkarayi PHES | 35,000 | 140 | Visakhapatnam district | 17°54′47″N 81°51′45″E | Sileru | 20 | 26 | 900 | 750 | 550 | 13 tmcft buffer storage provided. The buffer storage can be enhanced by another 35 tmcft by increasing the FRL to 950 m msl to serve other PHES which are using Godavari water. Distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 3.7 km. |
| Bhupathipalem PHES | 800 | 3.2 | East Godavari district | 17°28′35″N 81°47′49″E | Godavari | 1 | 1 | 540 | 480 | 310 | 0.5 tmcft buffer storage provided. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 4.5 km. |
| Polavaram Left bank PHES1 | 43,000 | 172 | East Godavari district | 17°29′51″N 81°27′53″E | Godavari | 5 | 18 | 600 | 450 | 470 | The required 18 tmcft buffer storage is provided in other PHESs located in the Godavari river basin. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 3.1 km. |
| Polavaram Left bank PHES2 | 12,000 | 48 | East Godavari district | 17°29′15″N 81°31′37″E | Godavari | 2 | 4.5 | 600 | 450 | 530 | The required 4.5 tmcft buffer storage is provided in other PHESs located in the Godavari river basin. The distance between the two reservoirs is nearly 1.7 km. |
| Seshachalam PHES | 6,200 | 24.8 | Chittoor district | 13°44′25″N 79°12′5″E | Penna | 6 | 2.1 | 610 | 600 | 525 | The main purpose of this PHES is to transfer Krishna and Godavari waters @ 50,000 cusecs to high lands of Rayalaseema with only one lift from 80 m msl 13°57′47″N 79°32′5″E near Venkatagiri town in Nellore district to the upper reservoir at 610 m msl in Chittoor district to irrigate by gravity canal vast high lands in Rayalaseema region up to Bhairivani tippa reservoir on Vedavathi River in Ananthapur district.[69] This underground power station will also work as PHES. PHES powerhouse is to be connected to a 41 km long unlined pressure tunnel which will work as penstocks to the turbine units.[57][70] |
| Total | 735,550 | 2,900 | - | - | - | 460 | 1225 | - | - | - | |
Notes: Power potential (MW) is in generation mode, MDDL→ Minimum Draw Down Level or lowest bed level of the reservoir, FRL→ Full Reservoir Level, m msl→ meters above mean sea level. The total water storage includes nearly 432 tmcft of irrigation components. PHES water storage is 793 tmcft only. The PHES land requirement is nearly 1% of the land required (41,250 km2) for equivalent electricity generation by Solar PV power plants.[53] The power potential doubles in case of pumping operation for six hours in a day for the same water storage. Wherever, the length of penstock of each water turbine is found too long, the available head can be harnessed by constructing two PHES stations in cascade with an embankment canal to route water to the second PHES station.[69]
Solar
Nambulapulakunta
Vinukonda
Kovvur
Galiveedu
Pinnapuram
Nagalapuram
Kalyandurg
Nallapadu
Jaggayapeta
Nagarimadugu
Map of currently operating and proposed Solar power plants in the Indian state of
Andhra Pradesh. Green are currently Operating and blue are proposed.
The state is endowed with vast photovoltaic power potential on its marginally productive lands.[71] The state has total installed solar power capacity of 4,116.01 MW as of 30 June 2021.[36][72][73][74][75]
The state is planning to add 10,050 MW solar power capacity to provide power supply to farming sector during the day time.[76][77] Out of 10,050 MW, 6,400 MW capacity at 10 sites were offered for bidding. The winning tariffs are Rs 2.50 per unit which are at least 25% more than the earlier awarded tariffs of Rs 2 per unit in November 2020 even after reducing scope of work (no HV transmission line construction outside the solar park), state providing the land on lease, giving state guarantee for the timely payment for the power sold, allowing the state guarantee as security to get financial assistance at lower interest rates, disregarding higher solar power potential at these sites compared to Western and northern regions, etc.[78][79] The AP high court has stayed the award of contracts to the successful bidders on the grounds that these contracts are excluded from the jurisdiction of APERC in contravention of the electricity act, 2003.[80][81]
The state has offered five Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects with a total capacity of 12,200 MW to developers under renewable power export policy outside the state.[82][83][84][85][86]
| Name | Operator | Location | District | Sector | Installed Capacity (MW) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurnool Ultra Mega Solar Park[87] | NTPC | Pinnapuram | Kurnool district | central | 1,000 |
| NP Kunta Ultra Mega Solar Power Project | Many | Nambulapulakunta (Kadiri) | Anantapur district | central | 978 |
| Ananthapuramu - II Mega Solar Park[88] | APGENCO | Talaricheruvu | Anantapur district | state | 400 |
| Galiveedu Solar Park[89] | Marrikommadinne, Galiveedu mandal | Kadapa district | central | 400 | |
| Kadapa Ultra Mega Solar Park[90] | ENGIE | Ponnampalle, Mylavaram mandal | Kadapa district | state | 250 |
| Amruth Solar Power Plant[91] | Amrit Jal Ventures | Kadiri | Anantapur district | private | 1 |
| MEIL solar thermal[92] | Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Limited | Nagalapuram | Anantapur district | 50 | |
| Banaganapalle solar | Welspun | Vemulapadu, Banaganapalle mandal | Kurnool district | 70 | |
| Hindupur solar | ACME | Patraganipalle, Hindupur mandal | Anantapur district | 50 | |
| Yadiki solar | Azure Power | Vemulapadu, Yadiki mandal | Anantapur district | 50 | |
| Kuppam solar | ACME | Morsanapalli, Kuppam mandal | Chittoor district | Private | 40 |
| Parigi solar | First Solar | Beechiganipalle, Parigi mandal | Anantapur district | 40 | |
| Mudasarlova Reservoir Solar Park | APGENCO | Visakhapatnam | Visakhapatnam district | state | 2 |
| Simhadri floating solar | NTPC | Visakhapatnam | Visakhapatnam district | central | 25 |
Wind power
Kolimigundla
Atmakur
Puthlur
Ramagiri
Nallakonda
Gandikota
Tirumala
Srisailam
Araku
Map of currently operating and proposed Wind power plants[93] in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh
The state has total installed wind power capacity of 4,083.57 MW as on 30 June 2021.[36][72][73][94][95]
| Name | Operator | Location | District | Sector | Unit wise Capacity (MW) | Installed Capacity (MW) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramagiri Wind Mills[96] | APGENCO | Ramagiri | Anantapur | State | 10x0.2 | 2.00 |
| Narmada Wind farm[97] | CLP Wind Farms (India) Private Ltd. | Nallakonda | Anantapur | Private | 1 x 50.4 | 50.04 |
| Puthlur RCI Wind farm[98] | Wescare (India) Ltd. | Puthlur | Anantapur | Private | 1 x 20 | 20.00 |
Other utility power plants
In addition to above projects, there are nearly 103 MW small Hydro plants, nearly 490 MW bagasse, industrial & municipal waste, bio-mass co-generation, & bio-mass based power projects, nearly 78.79 mini power plants (grid connected) and nearly 67.20 MW other (grid connected) plants based on isolated gas wells, etc. in private sector.[36][35] These power plants are not covering captive power capacity in various industries that are not grid connected. In addition, there are innumerable diesel generator sets installed in the state for stand by supply and emergency power supply needs during power outages.
Transmission system
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The state has well spread transmission system. APTransCo / DisComs owned and operated transmission lines from 400 kV to 11 kV is 231,127 circuit kilometers excluding the HT lines owned and operated by PGCIL in the state.[100][101] For importing and exporting power, the state grid is well interconnected with adjoining western and eastern regional grids in addition to adjoining state grids.[102] The spread of high voltage transmission lines (≥ 11 kV) is such that it can form a square matrix of area 1.93 km2 (i.e. on average, at least one HT line within 0.7 km vicinity) in 160,205 km2 total area of the state. DisComs owned and operated LT lines (below 11 kV) are 292,158 circuit kilometers. It represents that there is at least one HT or LT line availability on average within the vicinity of 306 meters in the entire state area. The state has 3183 nos substations (≥ 33 kV) which represents one substation in every 50.33 km2 area on average (i.e. one substation with in 3.6 km distance on average).[20] However the maximum peak load met is 9,453 MW as of 14 October 2018.[72] Huge installed capacity of the transmission network and the substations are being underutilized with low demand factor.
Regional operations
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Power distribution in the state is divided into three divisions, namely Eastern Power Distribution Corporation Limited (APEPDCL), Central Power Distribution Corporation Limited (APCPDCL[103]) and Southern Power Distribution Corporation Limited (APSPDCL), which distributes the power to the households, agriculture and the industries.[104]
APEPDCL
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| Company type | State Government-owned Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electricity Distribution |
| Founded | March 31, 2000 |
| Headquarters | Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India |
Key people | Prudhvi Tej Immadi[105][106] (Chairman & MD) |
| Products | Electricity |
| Owner | Government of Andhra Pradesh |
| Website | www |
Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company Limited or APEPDCL is a state-owned Electricity Distribution company. It is owned by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.[107][108][109]
The present CMD is Immadi Prudhvi Tej, IAS.[110][111][112]
APEPDCL was incorporated under the Companies Act as a Public Limited Company on 31 March, 2000 with headquarters at Visakhapatnam.[113][114] APEPDCL encompasses in 11 districts in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The districts are Srikakulam, Alluri Sitharama Raju, Vizianagaram, Parvathipuram Manyam, Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli, Kakinada, East Godavari, Konaseema, Eluru and West Godavari.[115][116][117]
APCPDCL
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| Company type | State Government-owned Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Electricity Distribution |
| Founded | December 05, 2019 |
| Headquarters | Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Products | Electricity |
| Website | apcpdcl |
Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Corporation Limited (also known as APCPDCL), (HQ: Vijayawada), is a power distribution company owned by the state government of Andhra Pradesh. It was formed on 05-12-2019, as part of a demerger in 2019,[118] to cater the electricity needs of seven districts in Andhra Pradesh state.[119][120][121][122][123][124]
The present CMD is Ravi Pattanshetti, IAS.[125][126] It serves Guntur, Bapatla, Palnadu, Krishna, NTR, Prakasam districts, an area of 56868 square kilometres, in Andhra Pradesh state. The corporation has 1176 MVA of electric distribution capacity with 9659 employees serving in the corporation.[118][127][128]
See also
- Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation
- Transmission system performance parameters
- Grid energy storage
- HVDC Sileru–Barsoor
- List of power stations in India
- Electricity sector in India
- Energy policy of India
- List of largest power stations in the world
- States of India by installed power capacity
- Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh
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